Registered Dental Hygienist
- New Westminster, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Registered Dental Hygienist
Job Description – Registered Dental Hygienist
Asante Dental Centre strives to provide exceptional patient care by providing a comfortable and relaxing dental environment with a friendly dental team supported by high-technology products to help improve patient experiences and provide an enhanced standard of dental care.
As an RDH at Asante Dental Centre, your duties will include:
Registered Dental Hygienist
Job Description – Registered Dental Hygienist
Asante Dental Centre strives to provide exceptional patient care by providing a comfortable and relaxing dental environment with a friendly dental team supported by high-technology products to help improve patient experiences and provide an enhanced standard of dental care.
As an RDH at Asante Dental Centre, your duties will include:
- Managing patients from check-in to check-out
- Reviewing and updating health history with patients, taking blood pressure measurements as required, and documenting patient concerns for the doctor to review
- Explaining procedures that will be done and answering any questions that the patient may have regarding oral hygiene
- Showing before and after photos and patient education videos as required
- Being familiar with and able to explain services to patients, e.g., Digital x-rays, intraoral camera, VELscope, Invisalign, bleaching, etc
- Independently performing clinical procedures, including:
- Taking and mounting digital intraoral and panoramic x-rays accurately
- Providing scaling, root planing, and other treatments within the scope of training.
- Provide anaesthesia as needed for hygiene treatments.
- Providing each patient with periodontal evaluation and customized home care instruction
- Polishing and fluoride treatments
- Intraoral scanning
- Completing documentation of current day’s treatment including Akitu One Charting
- Chair side booking of patients for subsequent hygiene visits
- Complete responsibility for the tear down and set up of treatment rooms before and after every patient, including disinfection of non-sterilizable products or surfaces in the rooms.
- Handling all sterilization procedures, including the use of barriers as needed
- Providing patients with pamphlets and discussing dental treatment
- Asking patients for referrals and thanking them for choosing our office
- Making sure that the treatment rooms are clean and everything is put away before leaving for the evening
- Being able to work independently as a team member with limited direction and supervision
- Managing hygiene supplies and asking CDA to order as needed
- PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE
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Responsibilities
Provide dental hygiene care, including assessments, scaling and root planing, imaging, anesthesia as needed, polishing, fluoride treatments, and personalized home-care instruction. Manage patient visits and records, prepare and sterilize treatment rooms, maintain supplies, and deliver excellent customer service.
Requirements
The posting does not specify formal education, licensing, or years-of-experience requirements. The role calls for the ability to perform dental hygiene procedures independently, communicate effectively with patients, maintain accurate documentation, and follow room preparation and sterilization procedures.
Skills
- Patient Care
- Patient Communication
- Health History Review
- Blood Pressure Measurement
- Digital X-Rays
- Panoramic X-Rays
- Scaling
- Root Planing
- Anesthesia Administration
- Periodontal Evaluation
- Oral Hygiene Education
- Fluoride Treatments
- Intraoral Scanning
- Dental Charting
- Sterilization
- Infection Control
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- Healthcare
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Registered Dental Hygienist
- Dental Hygiene
- Patient Care
- Digital X-Rays
- Panoramic X-Rays
- Intraoral Camera
- VELscope
- Invisalign
- Teeth Bleaching
- Scaling
- Root Planing
- Anesthesia
- Periodontal Evaluation
- Polishing
- Fluoride Treatments
- Intraoral Scanning
- Akitu One Charting
- Sterilization
- Disinfection
- Infection Control
- Home-Care Instruction
- Treatment Room Setup
- Dental Records
- Customer Service